In addition to the AGM at 1:00pm, the day includes presentation of the FOCA Achievement Award, and speakers on the topics of electricity pricing and stressors on lake environments.

This is a must-attend event for lake representatives: an opportunity to network with your peers, collect current information about top issues, and begin planning for a year of success for your association!

If you cannot attend in person, contact FOCA about participating by webinar.

On February 17, 2017, the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change released the Lake Simcoe Climate Change Adaptation Strategy. This strategy is an adaptive management approach to drive actions in the Lake Simcoe watershed to adapt to our changing climate.

March 30 – April 2, 2017 – Toronto. Plan to visit FOCA’s booth at the Spring Cottage Life Show. Don’t miss FOCA’s Executive Director speaking on the main stage on Friday and Saturday! FOCA members can get $4 off regular one-day adult tickets, by ordering online before the show. Click here and use our promo code: foca17

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Frontenac Stewardship Foundation

April 20-21, 2017 – near Chaffey’s Lock. This annual environmental forum will spread over two days this year, with the theme “Confronting Changes in Aquatic Ecosystems.” Save the date, and plan to participate with community leaders from across eastern Ontario. Details to follow.

The International Joint Commission (IJC) wants public input about their draft 3-year assessment (TAP) report on Great Lakes water quality. Add your voice throughout March at a series of six public meetings in Great Lakes communities, including Sault Ste. Marie, Sarnia, and St. Catharines, or comment in writing by April 15, 2017. Get links to the draft report, and dates for the in-person sessions by clicking here.

Is your organization federally incorporated? Change is imminent! On February 13, 2017, Corporations Canada published a notice, stating that the final deadline to complete the transition to the Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act (CNCA) is extended to July 31, 2017. (The CNCA was proclaimed into force in 2011, replacing Part II of the Canada Corporations Act, a law that had governed the internal affairs of federal not-for-profit corporations for close to a century.) Corporations that do not transition by the new deadline will be dissolved. Learn more from the BLG backgrounder: http://blg.com/en/News-And-Publications/Publication_4835

Please note that this is separate from ONCA, which affects provincially incorporated not-for-profit organizations. CLEO (Community Legal Education Ontario) reiterated in January 2017 that ONCA remains on hold indefinitely. Get that update here: https://foca.on.ca/onca-on-hold/

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